Ariane Raedler (AUT) set the table in the downhill portion of the women’s Olympic team combined, and Katharina Huber (AUT) ate in the slalom. The duo won gold in the event on Tuesday in Cortina, clocking in at a cumulative 2:21.66.
It was the first time either Austrian tasted gold at a Winter Games, and it began with the 31-year-old Raedler sending it in the downhill leg. She posted the second quickest time, only six-hundredths of a second behind Breezy Johnson's (USA) top mark.
Meanwhile, Huber trailed the slalom leader by 0.63 seconds, which was good enough to propel the duo to victory.
Germany's Kira Weidle-Winkelmann and Emma Aicher snagged silver, narrowly missing out on gold by five-hundredths of a second (+0.05).
For Aicher, it was her third-career Olympic silver medal and second in as many races this week in Cortina. The 22-year-old has proven to be a force on the world's biggest stage and is expected to start in at least one more Olympic event before the Closing Ceremony.
Americans Paula Moltzan and Jackie Wiles both earned their first Olympic medals, securing bronze (+0.25). On Sunday, Wiles expressed disappointment in her performance in the downhill.
"It is hard being in fourth," she told reporters afterwards. "I feel like after everything I've been through in my career at my age, I don't have many chances left. So yeah, it hurts."
Sitting 0.27 off the podium was a tough pill to swallow. Apparently, she had trouble sleeping in the nights since then. On Tuesday, the 33-year-old finally got her hands on that elusive Olympic medal.
Meanwhile, it was a milestone moment for Moltzan, who came into the Games in top form. On the World Cup circuit (the highest level of competition in Alpine skiing), she's captured four podiums and three runners-up during the 2025-26 season. She's always had talent, but this year (and even last), she's put together the consistency.
"She's a running gun. She’s like Bode Miller (USA)," said Ted Ligety, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and NBC Sports analyst. "I don't think there's anybody else on the woman's tour that skis with that much intensity and is taking quite as much risk, but also has that ability to make wild recoveries, as Paula. She's extremely tough."
Sunday's downhill gold medalist Johnson and Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) placed fourth (+0.31). Johnson topped the table in the downhill section, recording the quickest time, but Shiffrin struggled to find a rhythm on the course's softer snow.
The tandem, who roomed together at the Whistler Cup (a youth ski race) when they were about 12 years old, snagged gold in the team combined at the 2025 Alpine Ski World Championships. They weren't able to repeat the magic Tuesday.
The next Alpine skiing event at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics is the men’s super-G scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 11, streaming live on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.